Lanto Griffin
| Lanto Griffin | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | June 15, 1988 Mount Shasta, California |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Turned professional | 2010 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica Web.com Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 49 (March 14, 2021)[1] (as of October 27, 2024) |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2018 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Lanto Griffin (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.
Griffin was born in Mount Shasta, California[2] and moved with his family at a young age to Blacksburg, Virginia.[3] He played college golf at Virginia Commonwealth University where he was the 2009 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year.[2] He turned professional in 2010.
Griffin played on the PGA Tour Latinoamérica in 2015 and 2016. He won the Roberto De Vicenzo Punta del Este Open Copa NEC in 2015. Also in 2015, Griffin won the Virginia Open.[3]
Griffin played on the Web.com Tour starting in 2017. He won the Nashville Golf Open, becoming the first player on tour in 13 years to win an event after making the cut on the number.[4][5] He finished 23rd on the regular season Web.com Tour money list to secure his PGA Tour card for the 2017–18 season.
Professional wins
Web.com Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 2, 2017 | Nashville Golf Open | 72-70-62-68=272 | −16 | Playoff |  Abraham Ancer
|
PGA Tour Latinoamérica wins
Other wins
- 2015 Virginia Open
See also
References
- ^ "Week 11 2021 Ending 14 Mar 2021" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ a b Dudley, John (July 5, 2017). "Griffin arrives at Peek'n Peak fresh off first Web.com Tour win". GoErie.com.
- ^ a b King, Randy (July 13, 2016). "Lanto Griffin is starting to make money from golf success". The Roanoke Times.
- ^ "Lanto Griffin wins Web.com's Nashville Golf Open in playoff". Monterey Herald. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
- ^ "Lanto Griffin wins Web.com's Nashville Golf Open in playoff". USA Today. Associated Press. July 2, 2017.
External links
- Lanto Griffin at the PGA Tour official site
- Lanto Griffin at the Official World Golf Ranking official site